headaches

     

A heaache (cephalalgia in medical terminology) is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. It ranks amongst the most common local pain complaints and may be frequent for many people.

Trivia about headaches

  • Examples of these pains in the brain include the cluster & tension varieties
  • Ergotamine, introduced in the 1920s, helps control the migraine & vascular types of these
  • Also called cephalagia, these can be caused by pressure on the cranial or cervical nerves